Milk-bottle top



. J. T. COONEY.

MILK BOTTLE TOP.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.27,'I9I8.

Patented July 1, 1919.

II E- I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

aomw THOMAS COONEY, 01* DENVER, COLORADO.

MILK-BOTTLE TOP.

I,3Il8,226.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, JOHN T. CooNnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Bottle Tops; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. a

My invention has for its principal object to provide a simply constructed and inexpensive yet a highly efficient and desirable top for milk bottles and thelike, embodying a spout through which the contents of the bottle are poured so as to prevent contact thereof with the rim of the bottle which may be more or less soiled and germ-laden.

A further object is to provide for venting the top when pouring the contents of the bottle and to make novel provision for closing the vent opening when the top is restored to normal position after partial emptying of the bottle.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed,

reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the inven tion applied toamilk bottle.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the bottle top as manufactured.

Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional viewson the planes indicated by the lines 3-3 and M respectively of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the bottle top opened and the spout positioned for pouring.

In the drawings 1 designates the bottle top which is formed of a one-piece disk of oiled cardboard or of any other appropriate material, said disk having a weakened hinge tfi line 2, whereby substantially one-half 3 of the disk may swing upwardly to open position while the other part 4: will remain stationarywithin the seat 5 at the to of the bottle neck, the disk being forced lnto the seat by hand or by an automatic capping machine in the usual manner.

A curved strip 6 of any preferred material is located at the under side of the disk section 3 and at its ends is secured thereto at 7, one end being preferably integral with the disk. The strip 6 forms a spout as seen Specification of Letters Patent.

1 of the bottle, the vent will be sealed bythe tongue 11, to prevent entrance of dust, etc. The tongue 11 is formed by the material bounded by all-shaped slit 10 formed part way throughthe fixed half 4: of the top.

By constructing the device as shown and described, or in any other equivalent manner, it will be highly efficient and in every Way desirable, particular emphasis being laid upon the following points. First, the spout is confined within the bottle and cannot in any way become soiledor contaminated; second, the spout springs freely into place when the swinging half of the top is opened; third, in emptying the contents of the bottle, they pass only through the clean spout and do not come in contact with the rim of the bottle neck which may be soiled and covered withdust and germs; fourth, the air vent is sealed if the contents of the bottle are not all discharged at once and the top is again closed; fifth, it is notnecessary to remove the top and place it on an often dirt table or the like while emptying the bott e; and sixth, the device may be easily and inexpensively manufactured and milk bottle neck, said disk having a weakened hinge line to permit substantially half of the disk to swing upwardly, and a curved spout carried by the lower side of said upwardl swinging disk half, normally confined in the bottle neck, and adapted, when said half is raised, to spring into the aforesaid seat.

Patented July 1, 1919.

Application filed December 27, 1918. Serial No. 268,567.

in Figs. 3.5.1 4, and when the disk half 3 2. In a milk bottle top, a disk adapted to be forced into the top seat of a milk bottle neck said disk having a weakened hinge line to permit upward swinging of substantially half of said disk, and a spout carried by the lower side of said disk half and adapted, when said half is opened, to spring into engagement with said seat, said disk having in its lower side a U-shaped cut forming a tongue movable downwardly when said disk half is raised, the disk being adapted to be pierced over said tongue to form an air vent and said tongue closing said vent when said disk half is lowered. 15 v 3. In a milk bottle top, a disk adapted to be forced into the top seat of a milk bottle neck, said disk having a weakened hinge line to permit upward swinging of substan tially half of said disk,- the lower side of the other part of said disk having a U-shaped slit forming a tongue extending from the hinge line and movable downwardly when said disk half is raised, the disk being adapted to be pierced over said tongue to form an air vent and said tongue closing said vent when said disk half is lowered.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN THOMAS cooNEY. 

